People are reportedly skirting Facebook’s marketplace policies and selling guns by listing stickers with the logos of gun makers – By Katie Canales (Business Insider) / Aug 24 2020
- People are bypassing Facebook’s marketplace policies and selling guns by pretending to sell stickers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- The outlet found four people advertising stickers with gun makers’ logos, priced at hundreds of dollars. The sellers confirmed when contacted privately that they were actually selling firearms, The Journal said.
- Facebook prohibits the private sale of guns and ammunition on its marketplace, a policy that sellers have skirted in the past by advertising gun cases to sell guns.
Some people are advertising stickers of gun makers’ logos to sell guns on Facebook, in violation of the company’s marketplace policies.
A new investigation by The Wall Street Journal found listings that appeared to advertise stickers promoting gun makers such as Ruger. The Journal said that when it contacted the sellers, they said they actually intended to sell guns.
A Mississippi seller posted a $450 sticker sporting the Glock logo and asked interested buyers to message them privately for more details. When The Journal contacted the seller privately, he said he was really selling a .40-caliber pisto
Three other sellers told The Journal that they were indeed selling guns, not stickers. The newspaper said it also found more than 40 results for “gun sticker” and “stickers” that included photos of gun makers’ logos.
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